Improvement in anvil-lasts



D. BAINBRIDGE. ANVIL LAST.

No. 108,231. Patented Oct. 11, -1870.

dished $1 M DAVID BAINBRIDGE. OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,

Letters manna. 108,231, dated October 11. 1870.

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-I, DAVID BAmBRIDGE, of. Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a Reversible Anvil-Last, of which the following is a specification.

Nature and Object of the Ineention.

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Fignr i, an inverted plan view of the last.

General Description.

Acast-iron stand, 3,; terminates below in a foot, a; for-attachment to a counter or bench, and above in an enlargement, 1', having an inclined surface f at the top, and at right angles or. the'reahout tothis surface a hole, 11', for the reception of a pin, d,projecting from the. metallast A, the under surface 6 of which bears upon'the inclined surface f of'the stand.

The last A isronnded on the upper surface, and forms the anvil, upon which the interior of the sole of a hoot or shoe is placed when the under side ofthe sole has to be hammered, for the purpose of flattening nails or pegs.

When the heel, or the sole near the heel, of a hoot or shoe has to be hammered, the last should be adjusted to the position shown in fig.- 1; but when the sole toward the toe has to be hammered, the last should he adjusted to the position showniu fig. 2. v

The last should bemade of such dimensions that a pegged boot or shoe of the smallest size can be applied to it, for a small-sized last can be easily used as an anvil for larger boots or shoes.

The-pin it may be made square or oval, and the hole (1' in the stand of a corresponding shape, to pr'event thevlast from turning.

Cla'im. The combination, substantially as described, of the stand B and reversible anvil-last A. I

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of t-wo'subscribing witnesses.

DAVID BAIN'BBIDGEQ Witnesses: War; A. STEEL, F. B. Brcnsans. 

